Capitalism will be destroyed by automation that will cause societal collapse in the long run
@cohaagenupКүн бұрын
Francis Foucault? Mmmmm...
@pantsonparadeКүн бұрын
I do agree that Tali is my favorite romance, but have you tried Jack? I just did recently and it hits different. I think her romance goes quite well with the theme of your video too. In ME3, especially the Citadel DLC it's reassuring her she hasn't and won't ever lose you. While I know that makes her sound really needy, it's done in a beautiful way.
@addadd87842 күн бұрын
first 8 minutes: i know a PlasticPills video when i see one /jk great video btw
@BasementMinions3 күн бұрын
Beautifully said, I really appreciate your insight. It really helped me to better wrestle with my feelings on this series that I love so much despite its many flaws.
@indominion3 күн бұрын
Twerp.
@JususFreddy3 күн бұрын
Bro I dont care if this actually happens to be in real life. I need some excitement in my life. Mass Effect is truly the reason why I started being my adventurous. Best game Ive ever played so far.
@jonnymahony94024 күн бұрын
Changing things back is hard in mass society because there will always be people who do the same
@adamtrott784 күн бұрын
Great job Thanks for stifling the hopelessness and fatalism We were given this world We made this world We must fight for it’s wellbeing and prosperity
@HaphazardJoy5 күн бұрын
Good analysis, awesome show, great job.
@vulpesdecinere9725 күн бұрын
Good analysis, bad conclusion. You tried way too hard to pull Mass Effect into one specific conclusion, and that took away from the video. In a way - trying to force it like this, you succumbed to the same plague as the Mass Effect 3 developers. Not all your words need to be deep or resonating. Only some do.
@RumiHereFr5 күн бұрын
I did the green ending first time because legion was my favourite character too bad he forces you into endgame i wish he was able you be picked up early and i miss him in citidel dlc Wonder Video essay it's going into my collection
@Blackandfan5 күн бұрын
we're going to get it back once AI takes over it and marketing no longer matters.
@people2chronically-online5 күн бұрын
“Hey men aren’t lonely these cherrypicked stats show otherwise” The very fact you use “women try it more” is false and shows you can’t read data as most are college students that don’t even try it
@user-wp2zu6dv9q5 күн бұрын
The players who are disappointed that they didn't get the happy ending where Shepard and all organics and synthetics live in peace and harmony are the same players who check the internet forums for the consequences of their decisions before making them, in search of the fairy tale ending, and were disappointed that it didn't exist. Throughout the game I felt that the odds of success were close to zero. Saving everyone was never an option. Sure, you were in many ways superhuman, but you were also standing on the shoulders of trillions that came before you throughout countless cycles, each failing to defeat the reapers, only adding a small contribution to the advancement of the crucible. So many gave their lives, and in the end you would too, because like Mordin it had to be you. You say that in the end, the reapers don't match the lore. The reapers were presented as godlike early on, but in the end you defeat them. The only way this is possible is if they weren't truly gods, but instead just another flawed being with an imperfect solution. Maybe they came to believe they were gods because they had never been truly challenged, or maybe we choose to accept them as gods because they said they were, and in some way we wanted them to be, so that in the end we wouldn't have to make the final decision ourselves. You can destroy the reapers and synthetic life and let organic life progress again as it wishes, entrusting humanity and the other advanced alien races might get it right with a second chance. But you're left with the uneasy feeling that this had never worked before and will only increase suffering as organic and synthetic life will inevitably destroy itself, probably along with additional collateral damage to less advanced life. If you think you can do better than the Ancient AI's solution, you can choose to control the Reapers by taking the place of the ancient AI god. But you're told by ancient AI that many other solutions were tried and had failed. You're left with the uneasy feeling that perhaps the reapers weren't evil, but were given an impossible task. You can create an ever lasting peace through Synthesis by creating some sort of utopia where all organics and synthetics live in harmony, but this feels forced upon the galaxy at your will and you're left with the uneasy feeling that you're not really saving anyone, but making them in to something else entirely new. All the choices made me uneasy, but that's the point. The decision was bigger than we had planned for, and what could possibly be the perfect decision. I don't think there is one. All you can do is try to make the best decision, and live with the consequences. That's a theme throughout the game. The consequences of your actions are unknown over time. I'm good with that. Well, at least until Mass Effect 5 comes out. Can't believe I watched this for 2 hours, but it was well done. I know I have little company as someone who liked the ending.
@NightKnight336 күн бұрын
2:35 I stg I thought you were gonna do the invadervie “the animals are leaving” rant
@DigitalWolverine6 күн бұрын
Who’s the girl in the thumbnail?
@edhero45156 күн бұрын
Hey Chris! I call you Chris because I'm also called Chris. Man, I have to tell you, I was so close to finally going full bai lan, I mean I had almost reached it, I almost finished Resignation. And then Natalie came along and then Hidetaka and hbomb and Elvanse and Jesus and bread and futa and shaun and Todd Howard who just works and Claude and everybody and they fooled me into realizing the value of being alive and I lost all my progress and then...you come along too! With your stupid awesome channel. Your vids, man, they're really something else! And then you give me hope of all things. What am I supposed to do with hope? I don't know how to operate this shit! What am I supposed to do now? Declare you my personal hero? Try to become a ytber? Dream of becoming maybe a tenth as good as you one day? Ok, you know what? Screw it! I'm going to become a ytber now and it's your fault!
@TheLeftistCooks6 күн бұрын
Really great channel. A breath of fresh air.
@caelanconrad6 күн бұрын
No but I’m obsessed 👱🏻♀️💅🏻 This was amazing
@chriswaves6 күн бұрын
!! kvelling
@TheLeftistCooks6 күн бұрын
Babe, wake up. New wunderkind of the genre just dropped. - N
@chriswaves6 күн бұрын
if videos had a dust jacket I'd put this quote right on it 😭
@TheLeftistCooks6 күн бұрын
@@chriswaves It's a really excellent video
@shia_labeouf6 күн бұрын
Don't know why KZread recommended this video but clearly the algorithm knows me better than I know myself because I loved it. Small criticism is a personal bugbear which is this trend for KZreadrs including outtakes (like the dog barking) but the content is first rate. Subscribed for sure. I hope you figure out how to make money off this.
@chriswaves6 күн бұрын
the dream is to have 5 cars going statewide!
@scroom12026 күн бұрын
In my experience the masses are just as useless as the politicians. Coal and petrol feed paranoia and propaganda to keep our clean, renewable option from harming their bottom line. Meanwhile, the moronic billions fall in line.
@Talwyn226 күн бұрын
Political ideological dogmas are not going to solve anyones mental health issues. Neither the left nor the right nor feminism have the answers because each person has their own unique experience and as such, a one sized dogma fits all approach is always going to fail here Chris. Also hard left idealogy, 3rd wave feminism and misogynistic far right manosphere bullshit are all corrosive beliefs systems.
@Talwyn226 күн бұрын
This was a truly wonderful video essay which was so beautifully thought out, well presented and deeply intuitive when you dug down into the deeper themes in regards to Mass Effect. ❤❤
@MCS_Sunset6 күн бұрын
7:06 I think the actual solution is for every single person to collectively delete all of their dating app accounts. Dating apps have been proven time and time again to be largely ineffective at getting people into relationships. Why are these apps like that? Because it's company suicide to make a dating app that is actually effective at doing it's job. It is insanely profitable for dating app companies to rig the system to be as psychologically manipulative and as difficult as possible to actually meet people (unless you pay for in-app advantages). Dating app companies profit off of people's loneliness and insecurities. Dating apps only play a small role within the bigger picture of the loneliness epidemic, but it's still very important to talk about every single reason as to why loneliness is so bad to even have a chance at solving this problem.
@RedRobin7146 күн бұрын
Liara's final gift has an entirely different meaning if you romance her. If you didn't, the scenery depicts light blue ashes and a white, blueish light (the void). If you did, then the ashes turn red, and the void is red as well. What is clear is that a romanced Liara is Shepard's light, and Shepard is Liara's. The symbolism of red throughout Mass Effect is inherent with the Reapers, Renegade actions, anger, hate, and malice. Blue symbolizes good, Paragon actions, peace, and tranquility. Non-romanced Liara is showing you a peaceful, consoling end she wants to share with her dear friend. Romanced Liara is sharing her last intimate moment with her lover before facing the worst imaginable end. The caveat is that the color symbolism doesn't work for the ending choices.
@just_some_donkus6 күн бұрын
'these jabronis' as the chapter title ty for making this
@just_some_donkus6 күн бұрын
14:35 STUMBLEUPON OH MY GOD
@hylianbatman31537 күн бұрын
Was your editor on meth?
@Redman80867 күн бұрын
Lol heard that word "colonized" being used in a weird way at the beginning and immediately got low-key "brainwashed gen Z" vibes from this guy. Sure enough, 21 minutes in, the video turned into "Capitalism bad" with Squid Game scenes playing in the background and as if Squid Game is some kind of commentary on capitalism which is nonsensical to anyone with a brain. I wondered where this video was going with all the word salad. I should've known better. That said, the message at the very end, I agree with. Keep making things. Don't just throw your hands up because AI exists.
@lejoserex7 күн бұрын
It's odd to me that noone figured this out yet from no posts about it. The internet keeps destroying third spaces because, it's the ultimate 3rd space for everyone at once, anuthing you want, all the time.
@goodlookinouthomie17577 күн бұрын
I remember before the internet. I can live without it. If it went away I'd be just fine.
@UnitZER07 күн бұрын
Honestly, I don't think about it all that much... The internet is a tool. Nothing more, nothing less. It's an effective extension of one's abilities, but never a replacement for them. The one in control of how you use it, and how it affects you, will always be you. Use your tools wisely.
@secretagentcat7 күн бұрын
The other issue is because we are docile and easily addictited
@chucklebutt44707 күн бұрын
I loved this! Someone posted it on the ITYSL subreddit and I'm so glad I clicked!
@mendelovitch8 күн бұрын
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@nilesta8 күн бұрын
Garrus is the best romance option in the game. Not just because he's Garrus, but because femShep is the better Shep. DudeShep is made of wood, someone whittled him into something vaguely human shaped, but forgot to give him a soul.
@Streetpartymarty8 күн бұрын
good philosophy from budget tom hardy
@nina-mill8 күн бұрын
Tbh I'm hooked on this chriswaves stuff. Whole catalog is *chefs kiss*
@RealDevastatia8 күн бұрын
What all of these things "signify" is that you've chosen to commoditize yourself as a "content creator" rather than just being an Internet user. A producer-consumer relationship can never be anything but parasocial.
@RealDevastatia8 күн бұрын
Is this gonna be another one of those videos where they conflate a handful of corporate social media sites with "the Internet?"
@kathrynelrod55708 күн бұрын
Every video of yours I watch pulls something vague that's been ideating at the back of my mind and puts it in concrete terms that make me feel empowered to act on them. So, thank you, and keep it up.
@maxpokebruh279 күн бұрын
*sighs* for Mass Effect, I will watch an almost two hour video.
@segamai9 күн бұрын
Terrific video, much more a fan of the postive conclusion than of all the doom and gloom I’m seeing everywhere
@virtualsocialretreat82349 күн бұрын
when i hear people asking for "genuine representation" and "authenticity" i am made aware of this dreadful feeling of dissolution. melting into the online ether so to speak. it's like "please give me a representation of the reality of my self back to me, bc i am entering into some sort of cyber-psychosis and all structures of meaning are crumbling!". simulacra and simulation and all that. it's a desperate gesture. an attempt at injecting "life" into the sterile. so in a way i celebrate the "death of the internet". i suppose it's a form of resignation
@handyalley23509 күн бұрын
Isn't that what happens in real life as well?
@nunothedude9 күн бұрын
I miss the old internet from a few years ago im so tired of all the drama and propaganda shoved down my trhoat, if it keeps up ill never use it im done with it
@realthahajemni9 күн бұрын
Good video, yet too much stuff about "capitalism is bad."
@chriswaves9 күн бұрын
not enough stuff about how capitalism is bad!
@Redman80867 күн бұрын
@@chriswaves Without capitalism, KZread wouldn't exist, your iPhone wouldn't exist, most of the stuff you like wouldn't exist and you'd probably be starving, but yeah the ability to own stuff and exchange stuff freely is bad, I guess.
@sonja7halcyon9 күн бұрын
Art imitates life, life imitates art. I feel like all art is just us having a conversation with our subconscious mind. Everything is unfolding from the dark unknown and you're right, all we can do is ride that wave.
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Capitalism will be destroyed by automation that will cause societal collapse in the long run
Francis Foucault? Mmmmm...
I do agree that Tali is my favorite romance, but have you tried Jack? I just did recently and it hits different. I think her romance goes quite well with the theme of your video too. In ME3, especially the Citadel DLC it's reassuring her she hasn't and won't ever lose you. While I know that makes her sound really needy, it's done in a beautiful way.
first 8 minutes: i know a PlasticPills video when i see one /jk great video btw
Beautifully said, I really appreciate your insight. It really helped me to better wrestle with my feelings on this series that I love so much despite its many flaws.
Twerp.
Bro I dont care if this actually happens to be in real life. I need some excitement in my life. Mass Effect is truly the reason why I started being my adventurous. Best game Ive ever played so far.
Changing things back is hard in mass society because there will always be people who do the same
Great job Thanks for stifling the hopelessness and fatalism We were given this world We made this world We must fight for it’s wellbeing and prosperity
Good analysis, awesome show, great job.
Good analysis, bad conclusion. You tried way too hard to pull Mass Effect into one specific conclusion, and that took away from the video. In a way - trying to force it like this, you succumbed to the same plague as the Mass Effect 3 developers. Not all your words need to be deep or resonating. Only some do.
I did the green ending first time because legion was my favourite character too bad he forces you into endgame i wish he was able you be picked up early and i miss him in citidel dlc Wonder Video essay it's going into my collection
we're going to get it back once AI takes over it and marketing no longer matters.
“Hey men aren’t lonely these cherrypicked stats show otherwise” The very fact you use “women try it more” is false and shows you can’t read data as most are college students that don’t even try it
The players who are disappointed that they didn't get the happy ending where Shepard and all organics and synthetics live in peace and harmony are the same players who check the internet forums for the consequences of their decisions before making them, in search of the fairy tale ending, and were disappointed that it didn't exist. Throughout the game I felt that the odds of success were close to zero. Saving everyone was never an option. Sure, you were in many ways superhuman, but you were also standing on the shoulders of trillions that came before you throughout countless cycles, each failing to defeat the reapers, only adding a small contribution to the advancement of the crucible. So many gave their lives, and in the end you would too, because like Mordin it had to be you. You say that in the end, the reapers don't match the lore. The reapers were presented as godlike early on, but in the end you defeat them. The only way this is possible is if they weren't truly gods, but instead just another flawed being with an imperfect solution. Maybe they came to believe they were gods because they had never been truly challenged, or maybe we choose to accept them as gods because they said they were, and in some way we wanted them to be, so that in the end we wouldn't have to make the final decision ourselves. You can destroy the reapers and synthetic life and let organic life progress again as it wishes, entrusting humanity and the other advanced alien races might get it right with a second chance. But you're left with the uneasy feeling that this had never worked before and will only increase suffering as organic and synthetic life will inevitably destroy itself, probably along with additional collateral damage to less advanced life. If you think you can do better than the Ancient AI's solution, you can choose to control the Reapers by taking the place of the ancient AI god. But you're told by ancient AI that many other solutions were tried and had failed. You're left with the uneasy feeling that perhaps the reapers weren't evil, but were given an impossible task. You can create an ever lasting peace through Synthesis by creating some sort of utopia where all organics and synthetics live in harmony, but this feels forced upon the galaxy at your will and you're left with the uneasy feeling that you're not really saving anyone, but making them in to something else entirely new. All the choices made me uneasy, but that's the point. The decision was bigger than we had planned for, and what could possibly be the perfect decision. I don't think there is one. All you can do is try to make the best decision, and live with the consequences. That's a theme throughout the game. The consequences of your actions are unknown over time. I'm good with that. Well, at least until Mass Effect 5 comes out. Can't believe I watched this for 2 hours, but it was well done. I know I have little company as someone who liked the ending.
2:35 I stg I thought you were gonna do the invadervie “the animals are leaving” rant
Who’s the girl in the thumbnail?
Hey Chris! I call you Chris because I'm also called Chris. Man, I have to tell you, I was so close to finally going full bai lan, I mean I had almost reached it, I almost finished Resignation. And then Natalie came along and then Hidetaka and hbomb and Elvanse and Jesus and bread and futa and shaun and Todd Howard who just works and Claude and everybody and they fooled me into realizing the value of being alive and I lost all my progress and then...you come along too! With your stupid awesome channel. Your vids, man, they're really something else! And then you give me hope of all things. What am I supposed to do with hope? I don't know how to operate this shit! What am I supposed to do now? Declare you my personal hero? Try to become a ytber? Dream of becoming maybe a tenth as good as you one day? Ok, you know what? Screw it! I'm going to become a ytber now and it's your fault!
Really great channel. A breath of fresh air.
No but I’m obsessed 👱🏻♀️💅🏻 This was amazing
!! kvelling
Babe, wake up. New wunderkind of the genre just dropped. - N
if videos had a dust jacket I'd put this quote right on it 😭
@@chriswaves It's a really excellent video
Don't know why KZread recommended this video but clearly the algorithm knows me better than I know myself because I loved it. Small criticism is a personal bugbear which is this trend for KZreadrs including outtakes (like the dog barking) but the content is first rate. Subscribed for sure. I hope you figure out how to make money off this.
the dream is to have 5 cars going statewide!
In my experience the masses are just as useless as the politicians. Coal and petrol feed paranoia and propaganda to keep our clean, renewable option from harming their bottom line. Meanwhile, the moronic billions fall in line.
Political ideological dogmas are not going to solve anyones mental health issues. Neither the left nor the right nor feminism have the answers because each person has their own unique experience and as such, a one sized dogma fits all approach is always going to fail here Chris. Also hard left idealogy, 3rd wave feminism and misogynistic far right manosphere bullshit are all corrosive beliefs systems.
This was a truly wonderful video essay which was so beautifully thought out, well presented and deeply intuitive when you dug down into the deeper themes in regards to Mass Effect. ❤❤
7:06 I think the actual solution is for every single person to collectively delete all of their dating app accounts. Dating apps have been proven time and time again to be largely ineffective at getting people into relationships. Why are these apps like that? Because it's company suicide to make a dating app that is actually effective at doing it's job. It is insanely profitable for dating app companies to rig the system to be as psychologically manipulative and as difficult as possible to actually meet people (unless you pay for in-app advantages). Dating app companies profit off of people's loneliness and insecurities. Dating apps only play a small role within the bigger picture of the loneliness epidemic, but it's still very important to talk about every single reason as to why loneliness is so bad to even have a chance at solving this problem.
Liara's final gift has an entirely different meaning if you romance her. If you didn't, the scenery depicts light blue ashes and a white, blueish light (the void). If you did, then the ashes turn red, and the void is red as well. What is clear is that a romanced Liara is Shepard's light, and Shepard is Liara's. The symbolism of red throughout Mass Effect is inherent with the Reapers, Renegade actions, anger, hate, and malice. Blue symbolizes good, Paragon actions, peace, and tranquility. Non-romanced Liara is showing you a peaceful, consoling end she wants to share with her dear friend. Romanced Liara is sharing her last intimate moment with her lover before facing the worst imaginable end. The caveat is that the color symbolism doesn't work for the ending choices.
'these jabronis' as the chapter title ty for making this
14:35 STUMBLEUPON OH MY GOD
Was your editor on meth?
Lol heard that word "colonized" being used in a weird way at the beginning and immediately got low-key "brainwashed gen Z" vibes from this guy. Sure enough, 21 minutes in, the video turned into "Capitalism bad" with Squid Game scenes playing in the background and as if Squid Game is some kind of commentary on capitalism which is nonsensical to anyone with a brain. I wondered where this video was going with all the word salad. I should've known better. That said, the message at the very end, I agree with. Keep making things. Don't just throw your hands up because AI exists.
It's odd to me that noone figured this out yet from no posts about it. The internet keeps destroying third spaces because, it's the ultimate 3rd space for everyone at once, anuthing you want, all the time.
I remember before the internet. I can live without it. If it went away I'd be just fine.
Honestly, I don't think about it all that much... The internet is a tool. Nothing more, nothing less. It's an effective extension of one's abilities, but never a replacement for them. The one in control of how you use it, and how it affects you, will always be you. Use your tools wisely.
The other issue is because we are docile and easily addictited
I loved this! Someone posted it on the ITYSL subreddit and I'm so glad I clicked!
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Garrus is the best romance option in the game. Not just because he's Garrus, but because femShep is the better Shep. DudeShep is made of wood, someone whittled him into something vaguely human shaped, but forgot to give him a soul.
good philosophy from budget tom hardy
Tbh I'm hooked on this chriswaves stuff. Whole catalog is *chefs kiss*
What all of these things "signify" is that you've chosen to commoditize yourself as a "content creator" rather than just being an Internet user. A producer-consumer relationship can never be anything but parasocial.
Is this gonna be another one of those videos where they conflate a handful of corporate social media sites with "the Internet?"
Every video of yours I watch pulls something vague that's been ideating at the back of my mind and puts it in concrete terms that make me feel empowered to act on them. So, thank you, and keep it up.
*sighs* for Mass Effect, I will watch an almost two hour video.
Terrific video, much more a fan of the postive conclusion than of all the doom and gloom I’m seeing everywhere
when i hear people asking for "genuine representation" and "authenticity" i am made aware of this dreadful feeling of dissolution. melting into the online ether so to speak. it's like "please give me a representation of the reality of my self back to me, bc i am entering into some sort of cyber-psychosis and all structures of meaning are crumbling!". simulacra and simulation and all that. it's a desperate gesture. an attempt at injecting "life" into the sterile. so in a way i celebrate the "death of the internet". i suppose it's a form of resignation
Isn't that what happens in real life as well?
I miss the old internet from a few years ago im so tired of all the drama and propaganda shoved down my trhoat, if it keeps up ill never use it im done with it
Good video, yet too much stuff about "capitalism is bad."
not enough stuff about how capitalism is bad!
@@chriswaves Without capitalism, KZread wouldn't exist, your iPhone wouldn't exist, most of the stuff you like wouldn't exist and you'd probably be starving, but yeah the ability to own stuff and exchange stuff freely is bad, I guess.
Art imitates life, life imitates art. I feel like all art is just us having a conversation with our subconscious mind. Everything is unfolding from the dark unknown and you're right, all we can do is ride that wave.